Saro-Wiwa’s family rejects Tinubu’s  Ogoni-9 pardon, demands retrial, exoneration

Tinubu Ogoni

The family of the Late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s posthumous pardon for the “Ogoni-9”, demanding a retrial and full exoneration instead. Saro-Wiwa’s younger brother, Harry Wiwa, said the activists committed no crime and should not be “pardoned like criminals”. He insisted that the only acceptable justice is to clear their names and officially overturn the 1995 military tribunal verdict. “They committed no crime, so how do you pardon a man who didn’t commit any crime?” Wiwa asked, saying: “We want a retrial so they can…

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